Q & A

BORN IN: Chapel Hill, NC

LIVES IN: Brooklyn, NY

DRUMMING SINCE: 1990

CURRENT BAND/PROJECT(S): The Shirazette Effect Ensemble, The Tia Fuller Quartet, The Mimi Jones Band, Camille Thurman Group

BIGGEST INFLUENCES: Mom & Dad, Tony Williams, Cindy Blackman, Terri-Lyne Carrington, and all the greats that came before me.

FAVORITE ALBUM YOU PLAYED ON: “The City of Kings”, The Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet

FAVORITE ALBUM NOT PLAYED ON: “The Archandroid Album”, Janelle Monae

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: The Meredith Vieira Show, Season 1 on NBC
The Umbria Jazz Festival 2011 and The NAMM SHOW
January 2012 with “lipstick” (formerly known as The Beyonce Band)

FAVORITE SABIAN CYMBAL: Bash Ride